Seen as unsightly, street stalls have been banned or tightly regulated in many Chinese cities. Read more at straitstimes.com.
For decades, street stalls and hawkers - common elsewhere in Asia - have been banned or tightly regulated in many Chinese cities, with authorities seeing them as unsightly.
Zibo in eastern China became a media sensation this month after a rush of tourists visiting street food stalls forced authorities to issue warnings about overcrowding. Lanzhou in the northwest said this month it would designate areas for street stalls as it sought to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.
Household income grew 3.8 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, lagging broader economic growth. The job market remains sluggish with youth unemployment at a record high.Ms Wang Xuexue, 28, who sells flowers off her scooter in Shanghai, prefers to hawk her goods away from designated areas, which she says are out-of-the-way and charge fees.“Of course authorities try to catch us. Otherwise we wouldn’t run so fast,” said Ms Wang Xuexue, who worked in a flower shop until recently.
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